Developed by
Zen Room, The
Released
1986
Also For
Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Published by
CRL Group PLC

Genre
Adventure
Setting
Fantasy
Gameplay
Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements
Misc
Licensed
Perspective
1st-person
Visual
Fixed / Flip-screen
Narrative
Horror

Description

Dracula is a text adventure based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. The player takes the role of Jonathan Harker, a lawyer who visits a certain Count Dracula in his castle. The game is divided into three separate text adventures which can be played independently, but build up on each other. The First Night is about Harker's travels to the castle and The Arrival deals with his time in the castle. During The Hunt, the last third of the story, the protagonist changes to Dr. Seward, the manager of the insane asylum in Whitby, Yorkshire.

The game itself is mostly concerned with story telling and atmosphere; it is relatively light on puzzle solving. The parser only understands verb + noun combinations.

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry